Patent · US Active

Irradiation time control imaging device and irradiation time control endoscope device

US8913115B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
8References
18Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 2012
Grant dateDec 16, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 18, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/6811
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging device includes: an imaging module configured to have a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements corresponding to a frame composed of a plurality of lines, with start of an accumulation period of electric charge by the plural photoelectric conversion elements being different depending on each of the lines, and reading the accumulated electric charge to repeatedly output the read electric charge as an image signal; a light source configured to irradiate an imaging range of the imaging module; and a controller configured to control an irradiation time of the light source according to a motion of an image captured by the imaging module.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.